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Quirites

American  
[kwi-rahy-teez, -ree-] / kwɪˈraɪ tiz, -ˈri- /

plural noun

  1. the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.

Quirites British  
/ kwɪˈraɪtiːz /

plural noun

  1. the citizens of ancient Rome

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Etymology

Origin of Quirites

< Latin Quirītēs, plural of Quirīs, associated, perhaps by folk etymology, with Cures, a Sabine town

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